Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-30
CARSON DAY"
THE CAPITAL CITY AT
TENDS THE STATE FAIR
BODILY.
a Fine Afternoon cap
peal,, Entry Wins the Bl.
cycle Race.

cycle Race.
On Wednesday morning five hum
dred OF the citizens of Carson board
ed the train and started for Reno
with the band playing stirring airs
and everybody determined on a
good time. All business houses
were closed, the papers suspended
publication, the schools were emp
tied and the families of the Capital
went to the Fair IN body.
RENO BOWS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
In order to acknowledge the visit
in proper style, most of the bust
ness houses of Reno closed up and
a citizens committee met the crowd
at the train with a band of music.
1t was a very pleasant affair all
around and there was no end of
greeting and Misunderstanding. For
the time the rival cities washed off
their war paint and Reno gave Car
son the freedom of the city.
THE BICYCLE RACE.
The chief feature of the day was
the bicycle race between the Carson
and Reno wheelmen. When the
pools were opened it was found that
the Reno people were pinning their
confidence and money on Jaques the
fastest flyer of the Riverside town
and he was heavily backed in the
pools. The Reno people were SO
confident that they offered odds on
their man and the Carsonltes put
Bob Davis of the APPEAL composing
room up, as their man and backed
him as second choice.
The betting ran high for half an
hour until the APPEAL entry crawl
ed up and became the favorite in
the pools, selling as first choice a
few minutes before the race. When
the clubs came down from the
start it was beautiful sight, with
ten wheelmen in line, the revolving
spokes of their machines glittering
in the sun. The Reno men were
used to the track and when the
word was given they began to
jocky with their opponants. Two
of the Carson club found them
selves "pocketed" up against the
rail. The plan was to keep two
slow men, one ahead and the other
alongside the Carson man and keep
him back. They succeeded in
"pocketing" two this way but
were not SO fortunate with the Car
son favorite as he and Harry Thax-
ter and Curt Wright took a short
cut to the front and secured the
lead. The machines were pretty
well together until they struck a
quarter of a mile of sand on the
back stretch when the pace slowed
down and it tried the endurance of
the best of them. The Reno men
used to the sand, were closing up
the gaps, when the Carson men got
into hard ground and were at home
again.
TOYING WITH THE RENOTTEs.
The Carson club had been well
coached by Hume Yerington, and
he had taught the boys the cor
rect racing position, and that is to
lean the body forward over the big
wheel SO as to take as much weight
as possible off the small rear wheel,
which has the most traction. When
the Renoites saw the Carson boys
bend over their wheels they en-
quired if they were sick, supposing
they were suffering for some abdo-
menal trouble. Some Ormsby
county youngster took advantage of
the situation, and explained that
the Carsonites had drank some al
kali water on the train and were all
doubled up with the cramps. Hear
ing this, the Remedies began to bet
like smoke, which bets were at once
snapped up.
DOWN THE HOME STRETCH.
"Wait till our men round the
turn at the home stretch - shouted